Convert Reel-to-Reel Audio Tapes to CD or Digital

Convert Reel to Reel to CD It’s time to digitize, for reel                                     Before people were bobbing along to their favorite 80’s jam on their Walkmans, audio tapes looked a whole lot different – and we’re not talking about 8 track decks. We’re talking about reel-to-reel audio tapes – big, heavy and cumbersome pieces of equipment that faintly resembled a cassette tape with the case deck removed. With wheels nearly a foot in diameter, threading a tape ¼-inch wide, reel-to-reel machines were nearly the size of a suitcase – good for your luggage, bad for easily porting around your favorite tunes. As a vintage form of audio recording, open reel-to-reel players used the first form of magnetic tape, and prior to that it was steel. It was threaded through mechanical guides and tape head assembly, and attached to a take-up reel with practical application coming mainly through use in data storage on mainframe computers, video tape recorder (VTR) machines and high quality